Twenty-one attorneys in Taft’s Indianapolis office were recognized in Indiana Rising Stars 2025. Rising Stars names the leading up-and-coming attorneys in the state – no more than 2.5% of lawyers in the state are chosen for the list.
Following are the Taft honorees:
Indiana Rising Stars 2025
- Kira A. Crowley (Mergers & Acquisitions)
- Kimberly S. DalSanto (Business Litigation)
- Christopher A. DeVore (Intellectual Property)
- Mike Etienne (Intellectual Property Litigation)
- Kristine Gordon (Business Litigation)
- Vivek R. Hadley (Business Litigation)
- Steve T. Henke (Civil Litigation: Defense)
- Manny Herceg (Business Litigation)
- Ryan P. Hiler (Intellectual Property)
- John F. Huldin (Environmental)
- Zakariah Kulam (Environmental)*
- Katelyn Klingler Leveque (Real Estate)*
- Melissa A. Macchia (Employment & Labor)
- Adam Mills (Business Litigation)*
- Abaigeal F. Musser (Business Litigation)
- Neil Peluchette (Intellectual Property)
- Aaron P. Snellenbarger (Estate & Probate)
- Tommy B. Sokolowski (Environmental)*
- Samuel E. Swafford (Real Estate)
- Megan Van Pelt (Employment Litigation)*
- Brett Wilson (Securities & Corporate Finance)*
* Newly recognized.
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Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding attorneys from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations.